Our paragraph topic is: (Avoiding scandal) Part 6.
Drastic as it may sound, Christ continues to warn his disciples of the dangers of occasions to sin through the parts of the body. The eye is the key to the soul and if it leads to sin then Christ says that it should be plucked out and cast away. The vision to plucking an eye out is very hard to imagine. Plucking an eye out compared to being cast into the hell-fire is not imaginable since we have no real comparison to the hell-fire. But Christ knows and he warns his disciples so. He warns the people of the same.
And the occasions of sin of the eye are the causes of scandal. The people heard his words. The disciples heard his words and how drastic or bad, or unbelievable they did sound. Yet they were spoken from the mouth of Christ, the mouth of the Messiah. For one must imagine the loss of an eye as compared to the hell-fire. And if the plucking of an eye is bad then the hell-fire must be ten times worse. Control the eyes. Let them not lead to sin. Let them not stray. Let them not be controlled by evil such that one commits sin as a result of what one sees. For the words were spoken. And the words were written. And Christ told us: And if thy eye is an occasion of sin to thee, pluck it out and cast it from thee! It is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, than, having two eyes, to be cast into hell-fire.
It all starts with what we see. For through the eyes and into the mind and settling in the heart begins the passion of our desires. For we desire earthly things. We desire cars and houses and clothes and women and money and power and all manner of earthly things that become ingrained in our minds and desirous of our hearts. We are fed these desires on a daily basis. And it is through these desires that we make plans. It is through these desires we scheme. It is through these desires that we take actions that lead us down the road to the commission of sins. And through the commission of those sins, our hearts turn black and we become instruments of evil.
Guard what the eye sees. Reject the desires of the mind. Fill the heart not with the desires of the world but with the love that Christ has given us. For it is through his love, through his passion, through his desire for man to live eternity with him and the father that we find our freedom from sin. We are heavenly beings created in the image and likeness of our father. Creatures of light and not of darkness. But evil would have us live in ignorance. Evil would have us destroy our likeness and assume its likeness. We are not evil. We are not of the darkness. We are children of light.
Come! See the light that is within you. Know the truth of who you are in Christ. Seek the knowledge that will provide freedom from the desires of the world and your father will provide for you. Your father will protect you. Your father will strengthen you to walk in his goodness. For Christ came that we may have life. He restored us to new life. He provides us with the opportunity to live a life of eternity in heaven, if we choose. But without choosing we live in darkness. Without the knowledge of who we are we are asleep. Without the truth of the light of the Holy Spirit we live in darkness. Open the door and let him in. Seek the light that Christ has given you and you too will know the true self that is within you. Christ loves you. God the Father adores you. The Holy Spirit awaits you. Let him in.
Read the sign of the times! Read the Highlighted New Testament Bible and lift the scales from your eyes that you may see, that you may know, that you may find the truth of who you are in Christ. Read it as though you would read a good book, from cover to cover, and see for yourself. Do not study it in parts reading one passage and then skipping to another, but read it for understanding. Read it for knowledge. Read it for faith. Read it that your eyes may be opened, that your ears may hear, that your heart may be filled with the light of Christ. The Holy Spirit awaits you. Christ seeks to know you. Open the door and let him in.
Drastic as it may sound, Christ continues to warn his disciples of the dangers of occasions to sin through the parts of the body. The eye is the key to the soul and if it leads to sin then Christ says that it should be plucked out and cast away. The vision to plucking an eye out is very hard to imagine. Plucking an eye out compared to being cast into the hell-fire is not imaginable since we have no real comparison to the hell-fire. But Christ knows and he warns his disciples so. He warns the people of the same.
And the occasions of sin of the eye are the causes of scandal. The people heard his words. The disciples heard his words and how drastic or bad, or unbelievable they did sound. Yet they were spoken from the mouth of Christ, the mouth of the Messiah. For one must imagine the loss of an eye as compared to the hell-fire. And if the plucking of an eye is bad then the hell-fire must be ten times worse. Control the eyes. Let them not lead to sin. Let them not stray. Let them not be controlled by evil such that one commits sin as a result of what one sees. For the words were spoken. And the words were written. And Christ told us: And if thy eye is an occasion of sin to thee, pluck it out and cast it from thee! It is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, than, having two eyes, to be cast into hell-fire.
It all starts with what we see. For through the eyes and into the mind and settling in the heart begins the passion of our desires. For we desire earthly things. We desire cars and houses and clothes and women and money and power and all manner of earthly things that become ingrained in our minds and desirous of our hearts. We are fed these desires on a daily basis. And it is through these desires that we make plans. It is through these desires we scheme. It is through these desires that we take actions that lead us down the road to the commission of sins. And through the commission of those sins, our hearts turn black and we become instruments of evil.
Guard what the eye sees. Reject the desires of the mind. Fill the heart not with the desires of the world but with the love that Christ has given us. For it is through his love, through his passion, through his desire for man to live eternity with him and the father that we find our freedom from sin. We are heavenly beings created in the image and likeness of our father. Creatures of light and not of darkness. But evil would have us live in ignorance. Evil would have us destroy our likeness and assume its likeness. We are not evil. We are not of the darkness. We are children of light.
Come! See the light that is within you. Know the truth of who you are in Christ. Seek the knowledge that will provide freedom from the desires of the world and your father will provide for you. Your father will protect you. Your father will strengthen you to walk in his goodness. For Christ came that we may have life. He restored us to new life. He provides us with the opportunity to live a life of eternity in heaven, if we choose. But without choosing we live in darkness. Without the knowledge of who we are we are asleep. Without the truth of the light of the Holy Spirit we live in darkness. Open the door and let him in. Seek the light that Christ has given you and you too will know the true self that is within you. Christ loves you. God the Father adores you. The Holy Spirit awaits you. Let him in.
Read the sign of the times! Read the Highlighted New Testament Bible and lift the scales from your eyes that you may see, that you may know, that you may find the truth of who you are in Christ. Read it as though you would read a good book, from cover to cover, and see for yourself. Do not study it in parts reading one passage and then skipping to another, but read it for understanding. Read it for knowledge. Read it for faith. Read it that your eyes may be opened, that your ears may hear, that your heart may be filled with the light of Christ. The Holy Spirit awaits you. Christ seeks to know you. Open the door and let him in.
